FOLK DANCE

• Philippine folk dances


  Symbolize our customs, ideas, beliefs, superstitions, and events of daily living in a certain community
• Philippine folk dances


  • The kind of music being used readily also tell about the influences brought about by trade and settlement of our neighboring countries such as China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Burma, Cambodia, Thailand and Japan to name a few
  • Philippine folk dances contribute to the very rich culture of the country
• BINISLAKAN FOLK DANCE


  Dance with the use of sticks
• BINISLAKAN FOLK DANCE


  • Dance Researcher: Francisca Reyes
  • Dance Culture: Christian Lowland
  • Place of Origin: Pangasinan
  • Country of Influence: China
  • Ethno-linguistic Group: Pangasinense
  • Classification: Social Dance
• Lingayen in Pangasinan means having to look backward and upward
• Lingayen, the capital of Pangasinan, was given the name "Li-King-Tung" by the Chinese settlers of this place a long time ago
• The dancers in the Binislakan dance look backward or upward in some of the movements
• The dance is also called Binislakan, which in Pangasinan means, with the use of sticks
• SAKUTING FOLK DANCE


  Dance with rhythmic sticks producing the accompaniment
• SAKUTING FOLK DANCE

  • Dance Researcher: Francisca Reyes Aquino
  • Place of Origin: Abra and Ilocos Norte
  • Country of Influence: China
  • Classification: Recreational and Social Dance
• During the Christmas, young boys and girls in Abra and Ilocos Norte would go dancing in front of the houses and ask for gifts
• The young children hold sticks, one on each hand and strike them together to make their dance more lively
• The rhythmic sounds produced by the stick attracted other children and also adults and they also learned the dance
• "Sakuting" is an ethnic term which refer to the rhythmic sticks producing the accompaniment for the dance
• PANGALAY FOLK DANCE


  Finger nail dance
• PANGALAY FOLK DANCE

  • Dance Researcher: Francisca Reyes-Aquino
  • Dance Culture: Lowland Muslim (Coastal)
  • Place of Origin: Sulu
  • Country of Influence: Thailand, Malaysia, Burma, Cambodia and Indonesia
  • Ethno-linguistic Group: Tausug
  • Classification: Social Dance
• Pangalay (also known as Daling-Daling or Mengalai in Sabah) is the traditional "fingernail" dance of the Tausūg people of the Sulu Archipelago and Sabah
• This dance is the most distinctively Asian of all the Southern Philippine dances because dancers must have dexterity and flexibility of the shoulders, elbows, and wrists - movements that strongly resemble those of "kontaw silat," a martial art common in the Malay Archipelago
• The Pangalay is performed mainly during weddings or other festive events
• TIKLOS FOLK DANCE


  Dance of a group of peasants
• TIKLOS FOLK DANCE

  • Dance Researcher: Francisca Reyes- Aquino
  • Place of Origin: Panay and Leyte
  • Country of Influence: China, Burma and Cambodia
  • Classification: Recreational Dance
• Tiklos has been a very important factor in the social life of the peasants of Leyte for centuries
• Tiklos refers to a group of peasants who agree to work for each other one day each week to clear the forest, prepare the soil for planting, or do any odd job in the farm, including the building of a house
• Smoking


  A practice in which a substance is burned and the resulting smoke breathed in to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream
• Tobacco


  A tall, leafy plant, originally grown in South and Central America, but now cultivated throughout the world
• Nicotiana tabacum


  The preferred species of tobacco for producing present day cigarettes, also called "common tobacco"
• Nicotine


  The addictive component in cigarette and tobacco products
• Cigarette


  A thin cylinder of finely-cut tobacco rolled in paper for smoking
• Tobacco smoking and chewing is responsible for the death of one in ten adults worldwide approximately reaching about 5 million deaths in a year
• Each time a person puffs a cigarette or chew tobacco, more than 4,000 chemicals comes into his/her contact
• 43 of the 4,000 chemicals are known carcinogens
• Carcinogens are substances which cause cancer
• Dangers of cigarette smoking

  • High blood pressure
  • Heart disease
  • Body odor
  • Bad breath
  • Bronchitis
  • Pneumonia
  • Asthma
  • Cancer
• Mainstream Smoke


  The smoke that a smoker directly inhales
• Sidestream Smoke


  The smoke that comes out of the lighted end of a cigarette or pipe, also called "second-hand smoke (SHS) or "environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)
• Third-hand Smoke


  Smoke left for a long time on sofa, beddings, pillow and other objects, also called residual tobacco smoke (RTS) which settles along with dust and can last for months
• Cigarettes and alcohol are gateway drugs, opening doors for a non-drug user to try and experiment on more dangerous and illegal drugs
• Despite the total ban on cigarette advertisements, more and more Filipinos, including teenagers are getting hooked on this vice
• Republic Act No. 9211

  The Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003 which governs tobacco use in the Philippines
• Republic Act 8749


  States that smoking in public places and public conveyances are prohibited in the Philippines